Fifth Circuit Order Granting Amicus Motions — Chambless v. Redfield

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A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit order in Chambless Enterprises v. Walensky, No. 21-30037, on appeal from USDC No. 3:20-CV-1455 in the Western District of Louisiana, sent with a clerk's memorandum dated May 03, 2021, and filed in the district court 05/03/21 as Document 55. Circuit Judge Stephen A. Higginson granted the unopposed motion of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and other health groups and researchers to file an amici brief supporting the defendants-appellees. The order also granted the unopposed motion of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, Acadiana Legal Service Corporation, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Housing Law Project to file an amici brief supporting the defendants-appellees.

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United States Court of Appeals 
FIFTH CIRCUIT 
OFFICE OF THE CLERK 
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LYLE W. CAYCE 
CLERK 
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TEL. 504-310-7700 
600 S. MAESTRI PLACE, 
Suite 115 
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 
   
May 03, 2021 
 
MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL OR PARTIES LISTED BELOW: 
 
 
No. 21-30037 
Chambless Enterprises v. Walensky 
 
 
 
 
USDC No. 3:20-CV-1455 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enclosed is an order entered in this case. 
 
 
 
                             Sincerely, 
 
                             LYLE W. CAYCE, Clerk 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             By: _________________________ 
                             Whitney M. Jett, Deputy Clerk 
                             504-310-7772 
 
Mr. Afnan Akram 
Ms. Davida Finger 
Ms. Alisa Beth Klein 
Mr. Tony R. Moore 
Mr. James Clark Rather Jr. 
Mr. Steven M. Simpson 
Mr. Brian James Springer 
Ms. Leslie Cooper Vigen 
Mr. Luke A. Wake 
Mr. David Holman Williams 
Ms. Dayna Zolle 
 
Case: 21-30037      Document: 00515846898     Page: 1     Date Filed: 05/03/2021
Case 3:20-cv-01455-TAD-KDM   Document 55   Filed 05/03/21   Page 1 of 3 PageID #:  746

 
 
United States Court of Appeals 
for the Fifth Circuit
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No. 21-30037 
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Chambless Enterprises, L.L.C.; Apartment Association 
of Louisiana, Incorporated, 
 
Plaintiffs—Appellants, 
 
versus 
 
Rochelle Walensky; Sherri Berger; United States 
Department of Health and Human Services; Merrick 
Garland, U.S. Attorney General; Xavier Becerra, 
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services; Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 
 
Defendants—Appellees. 
 ______________________________  
 
Appeal from the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Louisiana 
USDC No. 3:20-CV-1455  
 ______________________________  
 
ORDER: 
IT IS ORDERED that the unopposed motion of American 
Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Center for Health 
Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law, Children's 
Healthwatch, George Consortium, GLMA, Health Professionals Advancing 
LGBTQ Equality, Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, National Hispanic 
Medical Association, National Medical Association, Public Health Law 
Case: 21-30037      Document: 00515846899     Page: 1     Date Filed: 05/03/2021
Case 3:20-cv-01455-TAD-KDM   Document 55   Filed 05/03/21   Page 2 of 3 PageID #:  747

No. 21-30037 
 
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Watch, Emily A. Benfer, Kim M. Blankenship, Katherine L. Chen, Matthew 
Desmond, Gregg Gonsalves, Peter Hepburn, Danya E. Keene, Kathryn M. 
Leifheit, Michael Z. Levy, Sabriya A. Linton, Craig E. Pollack, Julia Raifman, 
Gabriel L. Schwartz and David Vlahov, to file an amici brief in support of the 
Defendants – Appellees is GRANTED. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the unopposed motion of 
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, Acadiana Legal Service Corporation, 
Southern Poverty Law Center and National Housing Law Project, to file an 
amici brief in support of the Defendants – Appellees is GRANTED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ___________________________  
                                                  Stephen A. Higginson 
                                                                United States Circuit Judge 
Case: 21-30037      Document: 00515846899     Page: 2     Date Filed: 05/03/2021
Case 3:20-cv-01455-TAD-KDM   Document 55   Filed 05/03/21   Page 3 of 3 PageID #:  748

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